The
Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in
BirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
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in 1993. There was no team competition at this meet; gymnasts competed in the all-around and event finals only.
The competition took place between the 13th April and the 18th April. The opening ceromoney took place on the 12th April. For the first time the opening ceromeney took place at a different venue to the actual competition. The opening ceromoney took place at the National Indoor Arena and the competition took place at the National Exhibition Centre. 57 nations took part. This was the most countries that any gymnastics world championships had had at the time. This was the first time that the nations which formed the
Soviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
competed under their own state. This was the first time that the artistic world championships had been held in Great Britain. Another significant format was that this was the first world championships to have only 24 gymnasts in the all around with 2 gymnasts per nation instead of 3. This format happened again in a world championships at the 2003 world championships and has remained at this format ever since.
All-around
| 1st |
|
56.174 |
| 2nd |
|
55.625 |
| 3rd |
|
55.450 |
Floor exercise
| 1st |
|
9.400 |
| 2nd |
|
9.350 |
| 2nd |
|
9.350 |
Pommel horse
| 1st |
|
9.750 |
| 2nd |
|
9.425 |
| 3rd |
|
9.400 |
Rings
| 1st |
|
9.625 |
| 2nd |
|
9.575 |
| 3rd |
|
9.500 |
Vault
| 1st |
|
9.612 |
| 2nd |
|
9.487 |
| 3rd |
|
9.418 |
Parallel bars
| 1st |
|
9.600 |
| 2nd |
|
9.525 |
| 3rd |
Valery Belenky Valery Vladimirovich Belenky is a retired Soviet/Azerbaijani/German artistic gymnast who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.He is Jewish, and was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR....
(UNA**) |
9.475 |
Horizontal bar
| 1st |
|
9.450 |
| 2nd |
|
9.375 |
| 3rd |
|
9.350 |
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- NB: Because Belenky's home country of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
did not have a gymnastics federation, he competed at this meet as an unattached (UNA) athlete.
All-around
| 1st |
|
39.062 |
| 2nd |
|
39.055 |
| 3rd |
|
39.011 |
Vault
| 1st |
|
9.762 |
| 2nd |
|
9.737 |
| 3rd |
|
9.718 |
| 4th |
|
9.687 |
| 5th |
|
9.662 |
| 6th |
|
9.512 |
| 7th |
|
9.343 |
| 8th |
|
8.893 |
Uneven bars
| 1st |
|
9.887 |
| 2nd |
|
9.800 |
| 3rd |
|
9.737 |
Balance beam
| 1st |
|
9.850 |
| 2nd |
|
9.725 |
| 3rd |
|
9.650 |
Floor exercise
| 1st |
|
9.787 |
| 2nd |
|
9.737 |
| 3rd |
|
9.712 |
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